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I am about to renew my website hosting with goDaddy. I would like to change the site from http to https, in keeping with the goal to make the whole web https. In speaking with goDaddy, I was told that such a change requires an additional $65 per year. Although that amount is within reach, I have concerns that I may be using the wrong hosting service.
So my question is "what website hosting service is recommended, and why?"
Gus Gustafson
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Gus, I'm surprised you're still with GoDaddy. My money's on LiquidWeb[^]. Have been using them (through a reseller) since 1997.
/ravi
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My site is hosted on GoDaddy and I had one mostly minor hiccup with them because they upgraded their hosting servers and then required me to migrate everything.
At first I was quite annoyed, but then the migration went well for the most part and the hosting is better than it previously was (it's a windows hosting account).
Also, from what I can tell they are about the cheapest you can get if doing SSL and migrating to it is supposed to be seamless. I've considered moving to SSL in the future but haven't done it yet so I'm not sure.
Good luck.
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newton.saber wrote: Also, from what I can tell they are about the cheapest you can get if doing SSL and migrating to it is supposed to be seamless
Check out StartSSL[^] man. You can't get cheaper than free.
Jeremy Falcon
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GoDaddy's web hosting sucks. Just about anything is better. I use them for my domains, but not for web hosting. Instead of paying the extra $65 a year, you should try something like DreamHost[^]. They use SSDs for all their web servers - even the shared ones.
And for SSL, if it's a personal site, then use StartSSL[^]. It's free and you won't get browser warnings with it.
Jeremy Falcon
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If it works and the few extra $ are not a problem, then why risk a change if things are working fine? (How fast will you chew through $65 if your site is down for some amount of time?).
If it's a "hobby site", then sure, look around. If it's a "business expense", why keep running around if your ISP is in the "zone"?
(I have a commercial client that uses GoDaddy, and a family member that wanted a "family reunion" site (with "tunes", an album and mailboxes) that I'm still paying about $12 CAD per month for 2 years later ... but they both work and everyone is happy so why bother switching).
(Oh ... Mine had prefixes. 1401 and 7010 Autocoder ... and 360/20 RPG. "Don't forget your word mark"; LOL)
modified 12-Nov-15 12:20pm.
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If you have any sysadmin experience, I would recommend using a low-end web server hosted on AWS. Like others have mentioned, you can use GoDaddy or something else for your DNS (I use DynDns, myself).
Depending on the size of the server, the cost itself is slightly higher, but having full control of your machine has always been my preference--GoDaddy and others are usually a PITA if you want to do anything outside what they consider to be "typical" web hosting.
Cloud DIY is not for everyone, but having a machine all to your own is the best bet. Before that, I preferred to run them out of my home office. (Also an excuse to keep fiddling with "teh servers" for no reason...)
vuolsi così colà dove si puote
ciò che si vuole, e più non dimandare
--The answer to Minos and any question of "Why are we doing it this way?"
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I also use DYN DNS, and it is fast and reliable, I also use DigitalOcean for hosting, and are a perfect pair for each other.
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I'm thinking that we'll never see that...
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K'san, the last of his kind in this system, watched the destruction from his small outpost on the small moon circling the fourth planet in the system. The Geracht Supremacy had destroyed the fifth planet utterly, leaving gravel debris in its wake. His own doom, now only minutes away, was from a piece of that debris.
K'san wondered if the hominids on the third planet would have the chance to grow and wonder at the crater that would be all that was left of him and his guardianship...
Software Zen: delete this;
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Title of the book please, sounds interesting.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Thanks! That was a piece of microfiction I pulled out my head.
Of course, given the amount of science fiction I've read, it's a hodge-podge of any number of plot lines.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Bugger, I'm about read out on Baen. Hard SF is a little difficult to come by these days, they all seem to want to go fantasy garbage.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Agreed. I try to mix reading new stuff (when I have it) and re-reading old stuff I haven't read in a while. For example, I have a complete set of Heinlein, but I had 'lost' part of it in our last move 13 years ago. This past summer I cleaned out the attic and found it. I'm going to re-read all of them this winter.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Shouldn't that be Phobos to Phoboi? 
(Greek plural)
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I guess it depends on how big the pieces are
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Did you hear that a new dinosaur has been found, with excellent teeth: the Flossiraptor.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Welcome to Jurassic Jokes!
Here is my contribution[^]!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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There are some odd creatures still in North Wales: Flossieraptor[^]
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Is that related to the dinosaur that prefers to take it in the rear?
The Megasoreass?
Sorry. 
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